heck i'm taking a "snow day" today! and what's with all this acting like they're too old or whatever to play in the snow?? i play in the snow, still! why "miss" playing in the snow just 'cos you're not a kid anymore? i just don't get it...

When I was a wee one,seems I remember Two snow days.Once in 71 and again in 73.Otherwise it was hell or high water.
I tell my son about the new atari' 8" floppy instead of a cassette,and that it was so much better because it only took 5 minutes load.

Speaking of snow days, I think it's fun that you guys got hit with a blast of winter while we up here had temperatures in the mid-60s. It felt like spring yesterday. I photographed a hockey game last night, and it was weird to walk outside and have it warmer outside than it was inside this late in November.

Sgt, we've heard everywhere from 1-3 inches to 10-12. I would say we will get about 2" at my house. It's usually quite dramatic. Our local weathergirl was at work until 11 and came back at 3 this morning. But they did call off school in Lawrence, which is unusual.

And I agree with Py - I really dislike the wind.

But I would guess Hannibal likes this weather - lots of already-frozen humans available outside.

blue, I completely agree about the people in the right lane. I went to pass some of them this morning and that whole right tire on dry pavement and the left tires on ice wasn't very comforting. Oh well.

Yes, I wish i had a snow day today so I could sleep in and have hot chocolate.

What I don't miss are wind advisory days. I grew up in southwest Kansas, and although we rarely got snow days, we occasionally got out of school, because with the wind chill the temps were below 60 below zero. Too much risk of frostbite to send the kiddies off to school. So, stuck at home, unable to go outside, and usually the television went out.

Here in the frozen north, and I do mean frozen, we could do with a little less snow. It is already piled so high on the sides of my driveway that I can't see to back out to the street. And it is really cold. Like 41* below with the wind chill. That is what it was the night I arrived back from the deep south. My husband, waiting for me to clear customs, said there was a large plane load from Puerta Vallarta just before us and many of them were wearing shorts and sandals. Boy were they in for a surprise!!! Silly people.
And can someone tell me what a snow day is.
We don't have such things here.

Some of us still get snow days....hehe the perks of working in a school dist....... everyone be safe and have a great day ,,,, they say not as much snow now ...... hummm school tommorow oh well baking today !

We rarely had snow days when I was a kid, no matter how deep the damn snow was. I remember many a time walking to school, and coming across ridges of snow (where someone had cleared a parking lot or driveway) so high you practically needed a ladder to get over them.

We didn't get spring break back then, but we did get about two weeks for Christmas vacation, which they actually called Christmas vacation...:)

Let's see...our only days off from school were labor day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas vacation, Easter vacation, one teacher's meeting and two parent/teacher conferences every school year.

What upsets me is the skating rink that is posing as our parking lot.
1) hard to drive on
2) hard to walk on
Just think of the tragedy and liability if someone can't walk to get out of the way of a car, and the car can't stop. There isn't a lick of salt on the entire lot - or sand.

A few years ago, my brother was up and actually out the door when the call came that school was cancelled. As he was walking down the front walk, he started to turn around to answer the call ... and he slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk. No injuries, but not much happiness at the timing and the results.

My Tongie going kids got the good news at 9:15 last night...well, they would have if they weren't already in bed sleeping :):):) All I had to do was go turn off #1's alarm clock and I was good to SLEEP IN!!! (I think the reason Tongie cancels is because of so many rural bus riders. Don't wanna have a large torpedo sliding off of a back country hillbilly road. Lucky us!)

Snow days? Where's the snow? I'm tired of ice days. I really want some snow so I can fire up the sled, grab all of the gravity motivated downhill devices, grab all of the country hillbilly children, and go find a really big hill. That would be awesome!

peachesncream: don't forget the tradition . . . those at home baking must offer virtual treats to those less fortunate souls who are working :)

Back in the day, LHS did not close for ice, wind or snow. We also had a dress code that did not allow girls to wear jeans/slacks to school. We had to wear jeans under our skirts to walk to school without freezing, take them off and store them in our lockers during the day. . . . hmmm, no wonder we rebelled!! Had to wear skirts, no equal pay for equal work, oh yeah, and what decendent of the Marquis invented the bra, we couldn't even . . Oops, sorry, got carried away again. . .nevermind.

RI, you are truly blessed if your spousal unit has the wherewithall to pray when feeling stressed on the highway . . . mine screamed like a banshee, cussed like a trooper, constantly instructed me and second-guessed my every move. Now I remember why I have never remarried :)

Ceal, the hubby once took me down this God forsaken quadruple black diamond run at a ski place. (I may exaggerate...only a bit) Let's just say...it's the day I earned my reputation as a sailor. I prayed afterwards...for forgiveness of my sins. :)

RI, thanks for the mental image of the nun praying. That is a hoot. Even if it's probably true.

Here in Phoenix we are having a cold front coming through -- we are dropping to highs in the upper 50s. brrrr. It got so cold last night I had to cover up my tomato plants. (Don't want them to go bad before they bloom in another month or so.)

I love snow days! I miss having my own, but now that I have kids, I can always call in "school was cancelled, not my fault". :) I have the biggest sledding hill right in my own back yard. The problem is, it ends on a lake. Wouldn't be a problem if the cove was frozen over, we just sled down the hill, drop off the bank and hit the lake and skid across. My step son loves it! It hasn't been cold enough for it to freeze, yet, though, so now you have to be quick enough to throw yourself off of the sled before you get to the bank or you're going in the water. That makes for an unpleasant sledding experience.

no intent to kill, only to offer a warm invitation, lol...mannnnnnn the house smells yummy! :)

i LOVES me some snowy winter days!

i'm (usually) about 40 minutes straight south of lawrence...but today, specially later on-more likely a couple hours?? depends on how many dingdongs blow through the stop signs at the junction&create traffic tie ups.

lol, luv it, bone! "Yes, but now I call them 'Sick' days and I can have them all year long without my mom trying to make me eat chicken noodle all day."

you're welcome ss! :)

awww y'all had to go talkin' about harleys...i'm a former "asphalt angel" and LORDIE do i miss my lil' sportster! :( days like this, way back when-i'd go out to the garage&start her up, dream of warmer days when i'd be out in the wind. :*(

I, too, stayed home as I had anal glaucoma...couldn't see my rear end going to work today. Actually, I started and thought why? It was still icy and I wasn't going over 30 mph. So, my first two batches of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are out of the oven and number three is baking. Eat up! -(::) -(::) -(::)

<<<<<<Here in Phoenix we are having a cold front coming through -- we are dropping to highs in the upper 50s. brrrr. It got so cold last night I had to cover up my tomato plants. (Don't want them to go bad before they bloom in another month or so.)

We don't get snow days, just heat advisory days.>>>>>

Ha ha Beatrice, I live in Chandler, and that 50 degree weather is killing me! My blood just can't handle anything lower than 75 anymore...brrrr!
I don't know if I could even survive living in Kansas anymore, the rate I'm going! ;-)